March Madness Articles - Page 25

On Sunday, those who tuned in to the Elite Eight clash between NC State women’s basketball and Texas women’s basketball witnessed a game that was played on a court with uneven measurements. In a statement released by the NCAA, it was made known that the three-point lines at the Moda Center in Portland were not […]

DJ Burns and DJ Horne completely flipped the switch for NC State in their March Madness run. They molly-whopped Duke’s defensive schemes and left Kyle Filpowski to defend the paint for himself. This obviously got the attention of a lot of stars who are keeping an eye on the NCAA Tournament. Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola […]

What happens when an immovable force meets an unstoppable object on the court in the Final Four round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament? We are all about to find out soon, with Zach Edey and the Purdue Boilermakers scheduled to take on the surprising NC State Wolfpack, who are being led by no other than […]

Who would have thought that a buzzer-beater in a conference tournament would have such a ripple effect? NC State has officially slain two blue bloods on their way to a Final Four berth in March Madness. First, DJ Burns and DJ Horne demolished the duo of Armando Bacot and RJ Davis in the ACC Tournament. […]

JuJu Watkins has established herself as one of the top stars in women’s college basketball in her freshman year with USC, helping to lead her team to the Elite Eight, and she received great praise from two of the other big stars in the game in Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers. “I’ve been able to […]

Purdue basketball locked up a Final Four spot after failing to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament in previous seasons. It was an emotional moment for Zach Edey, who belted out a NSFW message after securing the win. Now, the star center fires back at the coaches and doubters who overlooked him. During […]

The Tennessee basketball program suffered a 72-66 loss to Purdue in the Elite Eight on Sunday, and while his team got eliminated, he seemed to feel no shame about the loss, giving Purdue credit for the performance. “There’s no doubt in my. mind I think we could win a national championship,” Rick Barnes said, via […]

A lot is riding on a particular NCAA Tournament Elite Eight game. One where former rivals have gone out to either pack their bags with a heavy heart or reach the peak of basketball immortality. An insanely deep LSU Tigers squad will once again face Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes. However, a player who […]

The brilliant resume keeps building for the South Carolina women’s basketball team and head coach Dawn Staley as they beat Oregon State Sunday, 70-58, and have reached their fourth straight Final Four appearance. The Gamecocks are two wins away from their third national championship in program history as Staley said after the game that she […]

College basketball fans have roasted Purdue over recent years for their early exits from the NCAA Tournament. However, this year is a bit different as Zach Edey and the Boilermakers punched their ticket to the Final Four. After defeating Illinois, Edey went viral for his NSFW outburst and cutting down the net without a ladder. […]

The Purdue basketball program has advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 1980 with a 72-66 win over Tennessee, and Zach Edey’s legacy with the program gets even better after his incredible performance to help take down Dalton Knecht’s squad. Zach Edey scored 40 points and grabbed 16 boards, with a game-sealing […]

The Women’s March Madness Tournament is nearing its conclusion as the Elite 8 is finalizing who will play in the Final Four. However, the game between Texas and NC State women’s basketball teams caused a stir due to the three-point lines on the court. One side of the court does not meet the distance regulations […]

Alabama basketball advanced to the Final Four after taking down Clemson 89-82. The Crimson Tide are just one win away from playing for a championship. After finding massive success during this March Madness run, the team gets some good news, as star guard Latrell Wrightsell is finally returning from injury. Wrightsell originally suffered a head […]

The UConn basketball team advanced to the Final Four with a dominant 77-52 win over Illinois on Saturday, and later that night it was revealed that the Huskies will match up with Alabama in the semifinal game next Saturday after the Crimson Tide defeated Clemson in their Elite Eight game. UConn opened as an 11.5-point […]

The women’s NCAA Tournament will be on full display on Monday, April 1, as the LSU women’s basketball team takes on Iowa in a highly anticipated rematch. Angel Reese and the Lady Tigers are taking on Caitlin Clark and the Lady Hawkeyes. Reese was recently asked about her relationship with Clark ahead of the contest. […]

One of the most successful seasons in the history of the Illinois basketball program concluded on Saturday night, when the Fighting Illini fell to the UConn Huskies, who extended their run of double-digit NCAA Tournament wins to ten games at the expense of the Illini with a 77-52 win. The Huskies used an unprecedented 30-0 […]

The UConn women’s basketball team have punched their way into the Elite Eight round of the NCAA national tournament as they beat the Duke Blue Devils, 53-45. Once again, the Huskies were led by star Paige Bueckers as she and head coach Geno Auriemma had their own messages about their quest to become national champions […]

With just a minute and a half to go in the 1st half of their Elite Eight matchup, Dan Hurley’s UConn Huskies and the Illinois Fighting Illini were tied at 23 points apiece. For the Illini, to be tied with the defending national champions at this point in the game had to be considered an […]

The UConn women’s basketball team took down Duke women’s basketball on Saturday to advance to the Elite 8. The Huskies got out to a big lead as they led by 20 points late in the third, but the Blue Devils stormed back and cut it to five in the fourth quarter. UConn ended up finding […]

This college basketball season in particular, it seems as if the freshman class of 2024 is making a huge impact across the country. From USC Trojans star JuJu Watkins to Notre Dame Fighting Irish sensation Hannah Hidalgo, it’s been a special freshman group. One name that has not come up as much, but should be […]

Thanks to another excellent performance from super freshman JuJu Watkins, the No. 1 USC women’s basketball is still alive in the 2024 NCAA Tournament through three games. They survived the Sweet 16 round with a thrilling 74-70 win over the No. 5 Baylor Bears on Saturday and will be facing another Elite Eight round winner […]

The USC Trojans have advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1994, and that’s largely due to the phenomenal play of freshman sensation JuJu Watkins. Watkins opened up the NCAA Tournament in style in the first round against Texas A&M Corpus Christi when she set the school record […]

UConn basketball advanced to their second-consecutive Final Four after completely dismantling Illinois 77-52 to win the East Region. This makes 10 March Madness wins in a row for the defending national champions and coach Dan Hurley, all by double digits. With each passing blowout, UConn basketball builds a stronger case for placing this two-year run […]

Caitlin Clark had 29 points and 15 assists to lead top-seeded Iowa women’s basketball to an 89-68 win over fifth-seeded Colorado in the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday, setting up a rematch of last year’s national title game against LSU. After the game, Clark spoke about her mentality approaching the game: "I'm only promised 40 […]

The NCAA women’s basketball tournament has been entertaining so far, and a big reason why has been the play of Caitlin Clark and the Iowa women’s basketball team. Clark has truly changed the game of basketball with her talent, and exposure for women’s hoops is at an all-time high. The Hawkeyes cruised through their first […]

The LSU women’s basketball team is going to the Sweet 16 after a gutsy 78-69 victory over the UCLA Bruins. LSU had standout performances across the board, but sophomore guard Flau’jae Johnson stood out the most. Johnson had an emotional reaction to the Tigers’ March Madness win on Saturday. Johnson revealed an insightful pre-game revelation […]

Monday night will host arguably the most highly-anticipated college basketball matchup between Iowa and LSU women’s basketball teams. It’s a rematch of last year’s National Championship and features Caitlin Clark vs. Angel Reese. The Hawkeyes superstar opened up about the upcoming matchup after taking down the lady Colorado Buffaloes. Considering Reese openly taunted Clark after […]

As the UConn basketball team is looking to achieve glory once again in winning the NCAA tournament, they have received the endorsement of one significant college basketball head coach in St. John’s Rick Pitino. In a phone interview with The New York Post, he mentioned that he doesn’t “see a weakness” with the Huskies. “I […]

The LSU women’s basketball program pulled off a tight 78-69 Sweet 16 victory over the UCLA Bruins on Saturday. Angel Reese was one of two Tigers to amass a double-double during the matchup, and she sent a striking message to the college basketball world after her team’s gritty March Madness win. LSU has been under […]

Following a Thursday and Friday that featured five upsets, we’re down to eight teams left in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Which four teams will punch their ticket to the Final Four in Glendale, who will fall one game short, and hey, while we’re here, you ever think about if we’ve seen Elite Eight matchups like […]

Gonzaga basketball coach Mark Few is very happy for one of his colleagues in the coaching profession. Few is praising Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter following the Boilermakers’ victory over Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament. Purdue used a red-hot second half on Friday to defeat the Bulldogs, 80-68. "They're hunting right now. They're not being […]

North Carolina State basketball forward D.J. Burns Jr. is sending a warning to the other remaining schools in the NCAA tournament. The Wolfpack big man wants those other teams to know that his team is pushing their way through March Madness like a wrecking ball. The no. 11 seed Wolfpack are now the only double […]

Duke basketball guard Jeremy Roach is being honest about his team’s rematch with North Carolina State in the Elite Eight. Roach is looking forward to a rematch between the two heated ACC rivals. Duke is headed to the Elite Eight for the first time with Coach Jon Scheyer after defeating Houston on Friday, 54-51. "It's […]

Gonzaga coach Mark Few is very impressed with Purdue basketball. The Bulldogs coach had nothing but compliments to give the Boilermakers after they handled business in the NCAA tournament, defeating Gonzaga in the Sweet 16. "They're hunting right now. They're not being hunted. That's how you get to Final Fours and that's how you get […]

The Wolfpack stood tall over another foe. On Friday, NC State basketball pulled off an upset over Marquette basketball to book their ticket to the Elite Eight. (per ESPN and NCAA March Madness). Led by guards DJ Horne and Casey Morsell, NC State took an early lead and held off Marquette for the rest of […]

When third-seeded Illinois basketball booked their ticket to the Elite Eight, no one would have expected their locker room celebration to be as hilarious as what ensued. Just after the Fighting Illini’s win over number two Iowa State basketball, the Illinois players were waiting for head coach Brad Underwood with water guns. At first, it […]

Houston basketball’s best player suffered a troubling injury at about the worst possible. Cougars star Jamal Shead was forced to exit his team’s Sweet 16 matchup with Duke after twisting his right ankle with 6:50 left in the first half. The injury occurred as Shead tried to plant on two feet and rise for a […]

Missing nearly an entire season is tough for any basketball player, let alone their first year of college basketball. But that was the reality for UConn Huskies forward Ice Brady who was sidelined for the entirety of her freshman season last year after suffering a knee injury before the season began. Brady was a highly-touted […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks have been cruising through the regular season and the NCAA Tournament so far. But they had a brief scare on Friday against the Indiana Hoosiers in the Sweet 16. After building a 22-point lead, South Carolina saw Indiana slice that deficit down to two points in the fourth quarter. While South […]